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Jason Core
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BY LAUREN HEARTSILL DOWDLE
One landscaper's passion & perseverance
helped him turn disappointment into success.
J
ason Core's landscaping career might have
started out like most others – but his journey
from being a child with a make-shift mower
to running a successful, $1.8 million business was
anything but average.
GOING FULL CIRCLE
When Core was 9 years old, he spotted a mower in
his neighbor's yard and decided to crank it up and
mow the lawn. Impressed, the neighbor started paying him $1 a trim.
Core and his "riding" lawn mower – a 10-speed
bicycle with a mower hooked to the back – soon
caught the eyes of his other Kingwood, Texas,
neighbors, and after a few years, he built his business up to about 30 customers. He decided to take
his growing company to the commercial market and
bid on a large shopping center. However, the owner
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